PRESS RELEASE: Saint Julian Press is proud to announce that a new book of German-English bilingual poetry, Die Taverne des Erwachens, The Tavern of Awakening by author Alfred K. LaMotte, selected and translated by Otto Raich (https://raich-trauner.com/), will be released on June 28, 2024. The Tavern of Awakening is a book for meditation; its poems invoke images and inspiration from across humanity's contemplative traditions. The translator is one of the foremost mindfulness-meditation teachers in Europe, who uses these poems with students as tools of spiritual practice.
'Poetry is the closest written expression to the Unutterable. Translating a poem requires settling down in the silence of the heart and letting oneself be taken in by the subtle music of the poem. Otto's talent and profound sensitivity enable him to retain the soul of the poem while allowing it to be recreated in a new language.'
—Nathalie Delay
Spiritual Teacher, Artist and Author of
The Way to Reality: Tantric Yoga - Return to Yourself.
La Voie du Réel: Yoga tantrique - Retour à Soi
'Just for an hour, on a spring morning, give up being right, with all opinions. Instead, I let each of these texts take me to a place where I want to linger. The spiritual, lyrical language opens up images for me, thoughts where I want to rest in the presence of the eternal, enjoy the silence and carry this book with me as my treasure. Thank you for that!'
—Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Bishop, Author of
Bishop, Roman Catholic: My Path to a New Church
'It is a stroke of fortune that Otto Raich had the impulse to translate Alfred LaMotte's poems. For this modern mystic is capable of that great thing, of writing the unspeakable in such density and so essentially that the heart stops breathing, and only love remains - light upon light. To make this experience accessible to us without losing that density is truly artful and deserves great, great thanks.'
—Anna Platsch, Author of
God at the Hotel
'These poems speak from a deep, living spiritual experience, in a contemporary language - and at the same time in unison with the voices of the mystical traditions. A very special, inspiring book - which can be a guide “in the wilderness of the heart.”'
—Ursula Baatz
Zen teacher, Religion Studies Researcher, Author of
Enlightenment Meets Resurrection, Zen Buddhism and Christianity: An Orientation
‘The poems of Alfred K. LaMotte speak to the deepest core of your being. It is a language that has its origin beyond the mind. This makes it all the more challenging to translate these wonderful prayers, rays of hope and impulses into another language, such as German, without losing the magic inherent in them. Otto Raich masters this balancing act in an impressive way. The German translation also touches my innermost being and something deep inside me begins to glow and resonate.’
—Mishka S. Barnett MB
OneLife & CEC Publishing
‘Alfred K. LaMotte combines mystical depth of experience with poetic expressiveness in a unique way. His verses lead us into the mystery of our being and becoming. It is a gift that they can now be read in German in Otto Raich's sensitive translation.’
—Mike Kauschke
Editorial Director of Evolve Magazine, Poet, Author of
In Conversation with the Living World:
Poetic Paths to a Creative and Meaningful Being
The Healing
This planet will not
be healed
by powerful politicians
in big cities
who spend trillions on
a global strategy
that never quite begins.
They also burn much fuel.
Earth will be healed
by villagers who sing,
by backyard gardeners
like you
who walk more slowly
right here,
who feel the green
through bare soles,
speaking fewer words,
cradling each
others anger
like mothers,
awakening
the heirloom seeds
of the heart.
Die Heilung
Dieser Planet wird nicht
geheilt werden
durch mächtige Politiker
in Großstädten,
die Billionen ausgeben für
eine globale Strategie,
die nie richtig beginnt.
Auch sie verbrennen viel Treibstoff.
Die Erde wird geheilt werden
von Dorfbewohnern, die singen
von Hinterhofgärtnern
wie Dich,
die langsamer gehen
genau hier,
die das Grün spüren
durch nackte Sohlen,
weniger Worte sprechen,
des anderen Ärger
wiegen
wie Mütter,
aufwecken
die uralten Samen
des Herzens.
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